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MERRY CHRISTMAS" 
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EAST fell the snow on the afternoon of December 24, 1794, cov- 
ering with a robe of beauty the infant Borough of Pittsburg. 
The quiet streets, the humble dwellings, the old "Block 
House" and the grand old forest tr» es were all arrayed in the 
G) becoming garments of pure, spotless white, while the wind 
sang a cradle song to the thriving infant of eight months which was 
destined to become — in its fully developed manhood — a wonder to the 
world, in view of its vast resources and facilities for labor, in size and 
strength, vigor and life. 

The red man of the forest was still to be seen at times. Many a 
good, warm dinner was given to one and another of them, as thej' 
strayed here and there, by pitying hearts and loving hands — as the 
safely-housed white man in a measure realized the feelings of the poor 
Indian, a wanderer where once he roamed in undisputed possession. 
Often a fine lot of game — which the arrow of the son of the forest, 
true to its mark, had brought to his feet— was given to the host and 
hostess at whose fireside he had received a kindly welcome. 

The several travelers' inns were well patronized by the many 
journeying eastward and westward, perhaps the most favored being 
"Samuel Semple's Tavern," which had been the slopping place of 
the "Father of His Country" in 1770, and praised by him for its 
comforts. It boasted of several stores, where could be obtained 
everything found in a general country store, and besidts its generals and 
majors, counted ministers, doctors and lawyers, among its inhabitants. 
A feature of this thriving town was the general feeling of hospitality 
and neighborly kindness shown by its inhabitants. General Morgan, 
so famous in history, was living in Washington county at this time, 
and his brother-in-law, General Neville, and Major Craig, his son-in- 
law, were property owners and inhabitants of the new borough. 



In those early times there were many social gatherings and 
merry-makings among the people, and the beauty and grace of the 
wives and daughters, in their quaint and beautiful attire, would not 
be thrown in the shade by the maids and matrons of our large and 
thriving city to-day. 

Thomas and Mary McMillan, of good old Scotch-Irish stock, 
were among those who had cast in their lot for life together and come 
to settle in this portion of the new world. They brought to their 
home over the sea the faith of their fathers— a reverence for all that is 
held sacred and dear. The Sabbath was kept holy, and the family 
altar erected in their humble home. Morning and evening, when a 
portion of God's word was read and a prayer for strength and help 
offered up, one of the psalms of David or a paraphrase from the old 
collection was sung to a sweet and touchingly plaintive air. Many 
times the passerby paused to listen to the sweet strains, which recalled 
his own early home training, leading his thoughts to father, mother, 
home and heaven. The parents and older children in the home of 
the McMillans spent a part of every Sabbath afternoon in the study of 
the "Shorter Catechism," until the words became so familiar that 
questions and answers could be given from memory. The service — 
held as opportunity offered on the Sabbath, by the small congregation 
of Presbyterians, whose first house of worship was built on the site 
now occupied by the First church, on Wood street— was always 
attended by either Thomas or Mary, the other remaining with the 
yonnger children at home. On the afternoon of the 24th of Decem- 
ber, 1794, the mother and little ones were anxiously watching for the 
return of the husband and father, he having been gone for some time 
to Philadelphia to execute a commission entrusted to him by General 
Neville and Major Craig. John and Ellen, the elder children, spoke 
much of the presents their father should bring from the Eastforthem, 
and Lizzie, the next in age, cried pitifully for "Father," while Mrs. 
McMillan looked upon her sleeping infant — the darling of their 
hearts, George (named for the great and good Washington) — praying 
silently for the return of her husband, and giving thanks for the 
health and strength that had been given her through all the years of 
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Christmas day was generalh' observed in a quiet way, aud at 
many a capacious chimney corner the stockings were hung with eager 
expectation on Christmas eve, to be opened with trembling fingers 
and fond anticipations on the following early dawn. 

As the shades of evening began to fall, the conversation of the 
little company of leading men — who had gathered at Samuel Semple's 
to talk over some proposed improvements in the borough — gradu- 
ally drifted towards the coming Christmas festivities, .\raong the 
number were General Neville, Major Craig, General Wilkins, James 
O'Hara, Dr. Bedford and James Ormsby. 

" I wonder if Thomas McMillan will reach home before night- 
fall," .said General Neville to his friend Major Craig. 

" I hope so, I am sure, for it will be a stormy night," he replied. 
The conversation then became general, and the company were unani- 
mous in their praise of the faithful Thomas, whose godly life and 
years of quiet industry had impressed the whole community with a 
feeling of respect for him. Suddenly, a horse went at a rapid rate 
past the little window into the yard in the rear of the tavern. Mr. 
Seraple came running into the room, excitedly saying, ''What can 
this mean? Prince has come home riderless. What can have hap- 
pened to McMillan ?' ' 

All rushed out to see if there was any trace of the missing man ; 
but nothing could be learned except that Prince had come home 
heated and panting, as though he had been suddenly startled and 
ran away. 

"Some of you must go to the home of Mrs. McMillan at once, 
and prevent anyone going to frighten her, while we go in search of 
him," said Dr. Bedford. 

" Let me go," said Mr. O'Hara, " I want to see if the little ones 
have any prospect of a ' Merry Christmas.' " 

Soon a party of horsemen were seen wending their way out of 
the town at a rapid rate, in search of their friend, followed by a car- 
riage, in which were Dr. Bedford and his friend General Neville. 

Mr. O'Hara, accompanied by a young friend — Mr. ReNault — who 
had come from Philadelphia to spend the holidays in Pittsburg, went 



in haste to the cottage, where mother and children were awaiting 
anxiously the home-coming of the poor man who lay moaning in pain 
many miles awa)'. Soon the little ones were eagerly listening to the 
young man, as he told them of the preparations that were then being 
made for the Christmas service in the Episcopal church which he 
attended when at home, of the beautiful decorations, the Christmas 
carols and beautiful gifts ; above all, of the wonderful gift of the 
Christ-child so many years ago. Mother and children were so absorbed 
in this recital that the hours passed by unheeded by the little ones and 
with less anxiety by the mother, who was silently casting all her cares 
and anxieties at the feet of the Saviour of men. The children had gone 
to rest when Mr. ReNault, who had left Mr. O'Hara for a time, 
returned with a large basket, which some of the ladies had supplied 
with toys, sweetmeats aud many useful articles, from which he pro- 
ceeded to fdl the stockings and cover the table, in preparation for the 
joyful surprise of the morning. 

It was past midnight when a carriage was drawn up to the door 
and Thomas carefully lifted out by kind and loving hands, to be laid 
tenderly on the couch prepared for him. All he was ever able to tel[ 
was, that he had received a stab from some unknown person, after 
being pulled from his horse, aud soon lost consciousness. Happily, a 
severe wound in the arm was the only one, which, although causing 
great weakness from loss of blood, was not a dangerous one. His 
purse was gone, but the papers pertaining to his business journey 
were all safely tucked away in an inner pocket. 

Although the happiness of the little ones was somewhat subdued 
by the sight of their father lying so pale and ill, from loss of blood 
and exposure to the cold, yet they had a real merry Christmas. 

Friends aud neighbors were kind and helpful during the weeks 
that followed ; and although Thomas became — through the influence 
oi friends, who had faith in his ability and integrity of purpose — a 
wealthy man, he always looked back to that Christmas day, when 
during the pra3'ers held at his bedside, he united feebly in the words 
of praise — " Goodness and mercy all my life shall surely follow me " — 
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HISTORY. ■ ■ - 



fHE HISTORICAL SOCIETY of Western Pennsylvania was 
organized in 1842 or 1S4:'., the exact date being unknown. The 
only record of the event is found in a letter from the Rev. 
George Upfold, D. D. — rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in 
Pittsburg from 1831 to 1849, and afterwards Bishop of Indiana — 
addressed to John Gordon, the corresponding secretary of the His- 
torical Society of Pennsylvania. The letter referred to is in acknowl- 
edgement of the receipt of an invitation from the Historical Societ}- 
of Pennsylvania to become its corresponding member from Western 
Pennsylvania, from which we quote the following: 

( " Mount HoBART, 

\ " Pittsburgh, P.\., July 7, 184(1. 
"John Jordan, Jr., Esq., 

"Cor. Sec. of Historical Society of Pennsylvania : 

" The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, which, in 
connection with a few antiquarians of this city, I had a share in insti- 
tuting some three or four years since, is not dissolved, and I hope in 
the course of the approaching autumn and winter we may succeed in 
giving it life and vigor. But we are a working population with little 
leisure for literary pursuits of any kind, and I am not very sanguine of 
success. There is a large field of operation for historical research 
opened in this part of the commonwealth. Many precious docu- 
ments relating to the early history of the country are known to be in 
existence, and many aged citizens who would be able, if inquired of, 
to give much interesting information of the occurrences of their 
early residence. * * * " 

In the records of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, 
dated November 26, 1858, occurs the following : In pursuance of a 
notice given in the papers of the city, the following gentlemen met in 
the Merchants' Exchange to discuss and consider the steps for estab- 



lishing an historical societ}' of Western Pennsylvania: Messrs. Rob- 
ert McKnight, Elias H. Irish, William M. Darlington, John M. Kirk- 
patrick, James E. Dickson, Thomas J. Bigham, Robeit H. Palmer, 
Benair C. Sawyer, ex-Governor William F. Johnston, Sydney F. Von- 
bonhurst, Felix B. Plimpton and Daniel L. Eaton, of Pittsburgh ; 
John A. Roeblingand Washington Roebling, of Trenton, N.J ; Hon. 
Heniy M. Brackenridge, of Tarentum; J. P. Merritt, of St. Catherines, 
Canada West, and James R. Albach, of Oxford, Ohio. The first offi- 
cers of the society were ; President, Hon. Wilson McCandless, L,. L. 
D. ; vice-presidents, Hon. James Veach, Fayette county ; David H. 
Junkin, D. D., Blair county; Neville B. Craig, .\llegheny county; 
William D. Howard. Allegheny county, and Hon. H. M. Bracken- 
ridge, Allegheny county ; treasurer, Felix R. Brunot ; secretary, Dan- 
iel L. Eaton. 

Regular monthly meetings were held from December Gth, 1859, 
until the 9th of .\pril, ISilO. Under the latter date the minutes record 
the donation by Major William Wade of seventy-three volumes of 
valuable books to the society, and that M"-. J. F. Slagle reported that 
he had obtained from the court the charter of incorporation, the co.sts 
of the charter being $9.:i7. With this date the record closes. 

There appears to be no further mention of the society until the 
year 1879, when the Old Residenters' Association was formed and 
afterwards merged with another society which, in 1889, was incorpo- 
rated as the Historical Society ( f Western Pennsylvania. 

In December, 1892, both the interest in the work of the society and 
the .state of its finances were at so low an ebb that it became necessary 
to call public attention to the broad field there was for historical 
research in Western Pennsylvania, and thus arouse an interest in the 
society and its work. In the following month, January, 1893, the 
society practically re-organized. It was fortunate in securing th 



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services of Miss Marie G. Eaton, daughter of the first vice-president, 
to try and create an interest in the society, to ask lor donations, and to 
secure life and annual members. With what success she met, the 
present vigorous state of the society is abundant evidence. 

In February. 1893, Leonard H. Eaton, of Committee on Papers, 
proposed that regular programs of the papers, addresses and music to 
be given at the monthly meetings be substituted for the announce- 
ment cards previously in use. 

The meeting of April 30, 1893, should be marked with a white 
stone, for on that occasion Miss Julia Morgan Harding and Miss Kate 
Cassett McKnight represented the "brighter" sex on the program of 
the Historical Society. Miss Harding read a paper on "Historic 
Names of Pittsburg Streets," and Miss McKnight read one on "Story 
of Grant's Hill." The papers were of rare excellence, and a high 
authority on such subjects declared that, for historical accuracy, he 
had never heard any to surpass them. 

In the " Pittsburg Commercial Gazette" of March 13 1894, J: B 
Anger, of Sewickley, called the attention of the Chamber of Commerce 
to the fact that on April 22d would occur the hundredth anniversarj of 
the incorporation of Pittsburg as a borough, and at the regular 
monthly meeting of the Historical Society held on April 9th, 1894, a 
committee, consisting of Leonard H Eaton, M. M. Sheedy, Thomas 
Harjjer, J. M. Drape and Miss Marie G. Eaton, was appointed to co- 
operate with Pittsburg in the celebration that it was supposed, of 
course, Pittsburg would make. Unfortunately, the committee learned 
that Pittsburg, as a city, did not intend to celebrate the event. To 
allow the occasion to pass without au effort being made to suitably 
mark it was thought a pity, and on April 16th the committee met at 
the office of James W. Drape, on Wood street, Pittsburg, and decided 
the centennial celebration should be undertaken by the Historical 
Society alone. A program was outlined having the church, the law, 
the judiciar)', the schools and the mercantile world represented. 

On Monday morning, April 16, every newspaper in Pittsburg 
"came out" with a thundering editorial in favor of the centennial ; 
from that moment its success was assured, culminating one week later 



in the magnificent audience that thronged Old City Hall to listen to 
the story of one hundred years. 

In the near future papers are promised by Judge Acheson, Judge 
Buffington, S. C. McCandless, W. L. Lindsay, Right Reverend Bishop 
Courtlandt Whitehead, the Rev. Matthew Brown Riddle, President 
Moffat, of Washington and Jefferson College; the Rev. W. J. Reid, D. 
D.; Miss Julia Morgan Harding, Miss Kate Cassatt McKnight, Miss 
Nannie G. Barclay, Mrs. O. D. Thompson, Mrs. Charles W. Bassett, 
the Rev. M. D Lichliter, William R. Thompson, G. W. Acklin, 
Thomas Harper, the Rev. Dr David R. Breed, D. D.,the Rev. Lemuel 
C. Barnes, T. J. Chapman, M. A., Dr. Allison, editor of the "Presby- 
terian Banner;" Dr. C. H. Smith, of the "Pittsburg Chrisrian 
Advocate," the Rev. J. W. SprouU, D. D., the Hon. Boyd Crumrine 
and Rev. Dr. Norcross. 

SNAP SHOTS. 

Papers are promised by distinguished Pittsburgers giving 
sketches of the lives of Rev. George Upfold, D. D., founder of the 
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania in 1842, and of Hon. 
Wilson McCandless, L.L. D., first president of the society of 1858. 

From the first inception of the program, February, 1893, up to 
the present time, its entire responsibility has rested on the honored 
chairman, Leonard H. Eaton, though the real work fell on the 
fourth member of the committee, Miss Marie G. Eaton. 

The gentlemen who so kindly assisted as ushers at the centennial 
celebration in April were Charles R. Thomas, Joseph Woodburn, 
Charles Adams, George Browne, Charles H. Sheich, Alexander Dodds. 

A vacancy having occurred on the second place of the Committee 
on Papers, the Rev. J. W. Sproull, D. D., was unanimously elected to 
fill it, thus becoming a member of the executive board. 

Thomas Harper, au ardent archaeologist and an active member of 
the Historical Society, has kindly loaned to the Carnegie Library, 
Allegheny City, the fine display of specimens in flint, stuue and pot- 
tery on exhibition. It is to be hoped ihat isonie public-spirited indi- 
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recently elected an honorary member of the Historical Society. 

The Hon. George Wilson, by special request, read a paper on the 
"Visit of the Prince of Wales to Pittsburgh, October, 1860," which 
was much enjoyed. A companion paper on the "Visit of Abraham 
Lincoln in 1861," is greatly desired. 

The following letter will be read with great interest by all histor- 
ical students. It is from Mr. T. J. Chapman, whose works dealing 
with Western Pennsylvania historical subjects are recognized authori- 
ties. The information contained in this letter is extremely valuable, 
as it sets at rest finally a question that has more than once been a sub- 
ject of discussion. It is as follows, from Pittsburg Dispatch, Deccem- 
ber 2d, 1894 : 

"There has been much confusion and misstatements by different 
authors in regard to the age of General Edward Braddock, high 
authorities differing as much as 20 years in giving the date of his 
birth. One source of the trouble is the fact that there were two Gen- 
erals Braddock in the English army, both for many years officers in 
the Coldstream Guards, and both bearing the same Christian name. 
Edward Braddock, who was killed in the battle of the Monongahela 
Crossing, was a son of the elder Edward Braddock, of the English 
army. To settle the matter, if possible, a few weeks ago I wrote to 
the English war office in London, and the lender Secretary of State 
very promptly and courteously sent me the following transcript. It 
relates to the second Edward Braddock. I copy it exactly : 

Edward Braddock — Ensign, Coldstream Guards, October 11, 
1710; lieutenant, Coldstream Guards, August 1, 1716 ; captain-lieu- 
tenant, Coldstream Guards, October 30, 1734-; captain, Coldstream 
Guards, February 10, 1736 ; second major, Coldstream Guards, April 
2, 1743 ; first major, Coldstream Guards, May 27, 1745 ; lieutenant- 
colonel, Coldstream Guards, November 21, 1745; colonel, Fourteenth 
Foot, February 17, 1753; major-general, March 29, 1754 ; general and 



commander of the forces in an expedition to North America, Septem- 
ber 24, 1754; died near Fort Duquesne, July 13, 1755. 

From this, it is evident that Edward Braddock, the younger, 
could not have been born much later than 1695, the year assigned by 
Chambers' Eucj-clopedia and the American Cyclopedia, and that 
others, among them Johnson's Cyclopedia and Webster's and Wor- 
cester's Dictionaries, are wrong in giving the year 1715 as that of his 
birth. The elder General Braddock retired from the army in 1715 and 
died in June, 1725. 

In a vision, the committee on papers behold the Historical Society 
of Western Pennsylvania in commodicus, well-lighted, fireproof 
rooms, with complete files of daily papers, with trained librarians, 
with the newest books fresh from the press, as well as ancient docu- 
ments and relics, with a reference librarj- equal to any in the country, 
and issuing a first-class monthly, the Historical Magazine of Western 
Pennsylvania. Let the people at this end of the State turn over their 
treasurts to the society now — not even waiting to use the "form of 
bequest," given further on — and the vision will soon become solid 
reality. The meetings of the society are held the second Monday 
evening in each month, except in June, July and August. 

Papers are promised by eminent writers giving the life of Rev. 
George Upfold, D. D., founder of the Historical Society of Western 
Pennsylvania in 1842, and of Hon. Wilson McCandless, L.L. D., 
first president of the society of 1858. The oldest living member is 
John FuUerton, for many years the honored treasurer of the Histor- 
ical Society, relieved at his own request in April, 1893. William 
M. Gormley, William Rinehart and Mr. FuUerton organized the 
society of 1879, the first named being its secretary up to the time of 
his death. 

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Mrs Mary Thaw Thompson, John Caldwell, Jr., J. B. D. Meeds, 
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My Dear Miss Eaton :— 

Your favor of the 9th instant, with enclosure' received. 
Enclosed please find check for one-hundred and thirty (#130) dollars, to 
make Mrs. Carnegie and myself life members, and the balance of one 
hundred dollars, as my subscription. Of course, we hope the Society will 
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Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 20, 1893. 
Mt Dear Miss Eaton :— 

Thanks for your program left with me. In reply to 
your note left also, I would say that I shall try to be present at the meet- 
ing to-morrow evening, but possibly may not. Should I not attend I will 
be with you at a subsequent meeting, and I can now say that I fully enter- 
tain the purpose of turning over to your Society all my historical collec- 
tions, as soon as you will be ready to take charge of them. 

Verj- truly, 

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Ligonier, Pa., Sept. <>, 1894. 
Miss Marie G. Eaton, 

38 Resaca Street, Allegheny, Pa. : 

In answer to your letter of the 21st inst., I would say 
that when you get into your new quarters in the Carnegie building, I will 
be glad to place in your custody what remains to me of the books and 
papers of the Sanitary Fair of 1864. It never occurred to me that they 
would be wanted about or in Pittsburg. They were kept intact about 
twenty-five years. That, I thought, was doing pretty well. Then I com- 
menced giving the tickets, &c., to friends who had an interest in sucD old 
relics. The important papers left with the Historical Society of Pennsyl- 
vania, in Philadelphia, were two receipts — not checks. They were both 
signed by Thos. Bakewell, Chairman. One was for $313,200.00 (this 
receipt was written by Mr. Brunot) — if memory serves me correctly — the 



other for some §3,900.00. The first named was for $395,000.00, y 
that time, and specifying also that other payments had been ma 
which other receipts had been given, which brought the total amoui. 
to the sum stated (§313,200.00) . I am a member of the Historical Socieij 
of Pennsylvania, of Philadelphia, and when I go to that city, the case 
shall be stated to the parties who are supposed to have charge of such 
matters, and I may be able to get the papers again, for the purpose of 
depositing them in your collection, or with the other Sanitary Fair papers. 
The publication of the report in the Dispatch, in which the sum total of 
proceeds was stated, make the receipts, which are filed in Philadelphia, of 
secondary importance. The publications in the Dispatch of 31st of August 
and 1st of September, exhaust the subject for the time, rendering unneces- 
sary any paper from me for the Western Pennsylvania Historical Society. 
I would suggest that you preserve copies of the papers alluded to, (or the 
purpose of filing them in your historical collection for the Western Penn- 
sylvania Historical Society. I^ater in the season— late fall or early winter— 
I hope will find me a sojourner in Pittsburg. Then, should opportunity 
offer, 1 may be able to answer some of the inquiries you may make for the 
purpose of filling up your Pittsburg Sanitary Fair collection. 

Philadelphia has the advantage of us in the matter of Colonial and 
Revolutionary history, because it was so long the capital city of the prov- 
ince and the State. They got nearly all the old records and papers. 
Copies of the more valuable maps and papers can, no doubt, be obtained 
for the Western Pennsylvania Historical Society. It seems to a stranger 
that the collection of the two or three societies that are interested in such 
subjects, should be kept in one fire-proof place. This would not neces- 
sarily interfere with the independence or individuality of the respective 
societies. Respectfully, 

Wm. D. McGowan. 



Allegheny, March 30, 1894. 
Leonard H. Eaton, Esq., 

Committee on Papers, Historical Society Western Pennsylvania. 
Dear Sir ;— I regret that I must decline your invitation 
to prepare a paper illustrating the great and substantial growth of Pittsburg 
in the century following its incorporation as a Borough, for your ne.^t regu- 
lar meeting on April 9. The truth is, I am growing old, my health is 
feeble, and I ara no longer active. I could not, in my present condition, 
do the subject anything like justice in the brief time allowed. 
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